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Post by sparkysparkyboomgirl on Feb 19, 2017 22:57:28 GMT
I'm so happy we can share custom faces easily. For someone who is mediocre in the CC, this is awesome! I hated trying to figure out the slider in DAI by looking at pictures of them. It never turned out the same. Yeah, I hope you guys don't mind being spammed with faces, cause I reeeeally like playing with CC, and I typically create around 20 times as many characters as I actually play with! Also it means if there's something slightly wrong with the face I make, I won't have to start from scratch! I hated that about DAI, if I got the nose wrong but everything else the way I wanted there was no way to remember exactly where all the sliders were. I'm so happy about this, I didn't want to spend days in the CC menu .
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2017 22:57:38 GMT
No, I think Legion's sacrifice was meaningless no matter what ending you got. As was making peace between quarians and the geth. I also have very big issues with all the endings but especially synthesis and control. Destroy was still the best one imo, but that's a different topic for a different thread, I guess. Don't want to go too off-topic hahah (meaning I will not stop talking about the endings if I start lol) I have always liked the Synthetic-Organic storyline, but I wonder what Mass Effect would have been like if they went ahead with the dark energy plotline. I think the ending would have been more coherent. I wanted that ending so bad when I heard about it! Not only did it have potential, but it made sense because of the mission to rescue Tali (and her trial) and the conversation with Gianna.
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 19, 2017 23:00:31 GMT
@ Jaal Ama Darav Sorry for the (sort of) off topic post, but that gif of Jaal walking toward Ryder in your icon gives me chills! Really looking forward to that moment... What is Jaal is actually really pissed off with you at that point for some reason and and just punches you when he walks up to you? I mean you were being held at gunpoint by the Angarans.
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Post by palinopsia on Feb 19, 2017 23:01:03 GMT
No, I think Legion's sacrifice was meaningless no matter what ending you got. As was making peace between quarians and the geth. I also have very big issues with all the endings but especially synthesis and control. Destroy was still the best one imo, but that's a different topic for a different thread, I guess. Don't want to go too off-topic hahah (meaning I will not stop talking about the endings if I start lol) I have always liked the Synthetic-Organic storyline, but I wonder what Mass Effect would have been like if they went ahead with the dark energy plotline. I think the ending would have been more coherent. Yeahh definitely. It's a shame that didn't make it into the game - I still don't know why? Was it just rushed? Did they not have enough money/resources? Did they decide against it for some reason? I'm honestly just curious (like what is their justification for the endings)
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 19, 2017 23:04:06 GMT
I wanted that ending so bad when I heard about it! Not only did it have potential, but it made sense because of the mission to rescue Tali (and her trial) and the conversation with Gianna. It would've raised the stakes immeasurably too. It wouldn't have just involved the end of the Galaxy, but the end of the whole Universe as well.
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Post by Artemis on Feb 19, 2017 23:04:23 GMT
I have always liked the Synthetic-Organic storyline, but I wonder what Mass Effect would have been like if they went ahead with the dark energy plotline. I think the ending would have been more coherent. Yeahh definitely. It's a shame that didn't make it into the game - I still don't know why? Was it just rushed? Did they not have enough money/resources? Did they decide against it for some reason? I'm honestly just curious (like what is their justification for the endings) I'm curious about the scrapped dark matter / dark energy plotline, but I truly love the synthetic v. organic ending. It's so classic sci-fi; I mean it's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, it's Data and the Doctor from Star Trek, it's a plotline that we keep revisiting because I feel it's something we're intensely concerned about as a society: what does it mean to be human? What makes us special? Can we be replicated? Are we not special at all? And so on. I'm so curious to see what questions ME:A will be asking!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2017 23:05:02 GMT
I wanted that ending so bad when I heard about it! Not only did it have potential, but it made sense because of the mission to rescue Tali (and her trial) and the conversation with Gianna. It would've raised the stakes immeasurably too. It wouldn't have just involved the end of the Galaxy, but the end of the whole Universe as well. Hopefully since MEA is going to be a long saga, they will come up with stories that flow and make sense with each game made.
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Post by fialka on Feb 19, 2017 23:05:18 GMT
Yeah, I hope you guys don't mind being spammed with faces, cause I reeeeally like playing with CC, and I typically create around 20 times as many characters as I actually play with! Also it means if there's something slightly wrong with the face I make, I won't have to start from scratch! I hated that about DAI, if I got the nose wrong but everything else the way I wanted there was no way to remember exactly where all the sliders were. I'm so happy about this, I didn't want to spend days in the CC menu . Same here! I hate it when I make a character I otherwise like, to where I don't want to start from scratch, but the chin is too small and the eyes too close together or whatever... I almost prefer this to being able to change our face later, because usually that mechanism doesn't appear in the game until a few hours into the story. I'd rather just start the game over. Also, if there's face codes, it means that at least on PC we'll probably be able to use a save editor to change our face/hair in the game later. And I love being able to share face codes! I tend to make my girls look pretty similar without intending to, so using someone else's design that I love to start from helps me branch out. Though all the presets being based on scans give me hope we'll have some nice ones to choose from outside of the default.
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Post by avokinelsam on Feb 19, 2017 23:06:26 GMT
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Post by palinopsia on Feb 19, 2017 23:07:47 GMT
@ Jaal Ama Darav Sorry for the (sort of) off topic post, but that gif of Jaal walking toward Ryder in your icon gives me chills! Really looking forward to that moment... What is Jaal is actually really pissed off with you at that point for some reason and and just punches you when he walks up to you? I mean you were being held at gunpoint by the Angarans. So... Maybe something like this? (sorry I couldn't resist)
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Post by sereture on Feb 19, 2017 23:12:23 GMT
What is Jaal is actually really pissed off with you at that point for some reason and and just punches you when he walks up to you? I mean you were being held at gunpoint by the Angarans. So... Maybe something like this?
Mmmmmmmm... Torchwood!
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 19, 2017 23:12:54 GMT
Yeahh definitely. It's a shame that didn't make it into the game - I still don't know why? Was it just rushed? Did they not have enough money/resources? Did they decide against it for some reason? I'm honestly just curious (like what is their justification for the endings) Apparently the plotline was still in early development when it was dropped. I think BioWare were worried that the whole dark energy thing was gonna be too confusing and just went with robots and people fighting each other. A similar thing happened with the Matrix movies. People in the Matrix were meant to be components/connections that made up a network of the Matrix, not batteries that powered it. The studios said the network thing was too confusing to the common audience and went with batteries, even though a human would make a terrible battery. It would take more power to keep a human alive than the power a human body could produce.
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Post by sereture on Feb 19, 2017 23:16:49 GMT
Yeahh definitely. It's a shame that didn't make it into the game - I still don't know why? Was it just rushed? Did they not have enough money/resources? Did they decide against it for some reason? I'm honestly just curious (like what is their justification for the endings) Apparently the plotline was still in early development when it was dropped. I think BioWare were worried that the whole dark energy thing was gonna be too confusing and just went with robots and people fighting each other. A similar thing happened with the Matrix movies. People in the Matrix were meant to be components/connections that made up a network of the Matrix, not batteries that powered it. The studios said the network thing was too confusing to the common audience and went with batteries, even though a human would make a terrible battery. It would take more power to keep a human alive than the power a human body could produce. Yeah, cause Matrix was totally a movie for the lowest common denominator. Sigh.
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Post by palinopsia on Feb 19, 2017 23:20:00 GMT
Yeahh definitely. It's a shame that didn't make it into the game - I still don't know why? Was it just rushed? Did they not have enough money/resources? Did they decide against it for some reason? I'm honestly just curious (like what is their justification for the endings) Apparently the plotline was still in early development when it was dropped. I think BioWare were worried that the whole dark energy thing was gonna be too confusing and just went with robots and people fighting each other. A similar thing happened with the Matrix movies. People in the Matrix were meant to be components/connections that made up a network of the Matrix, not batteries that powered it. The studios said the network thing was too confusing to the common audience and went with batteries, even though a human would make a terrible battery. It would take more power to keep a human alive than the power a human body could produce. Wow... Now I'm disappointed and angry lmao (Not hating on Bioware or anything... I'll get over it. Some day.)
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 19, 2017 23:21:20 GMT
I'm curious about the scrapped dark matter / dark energy plotline, but I truly love the synthetic v. organic ending. It's so classic sci-fi; I mean it's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, it's Data and the Doctor from Star Trek, it's a plotline that we keep revisiting because I feel it's something we're intensely concerned about as a society: what does it mean to be human? What makes us special? Can we be replicated? Are we not special at all? And so on. I'm so curious to see what questions ME:A will be asking! I've got a feeling that the strange object that defies logic in the center of the Helios Cluster has something to do with dark energy. In fact the whole Helios Cluster just seems off when you see a map of it in the trailers.
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Post by feainn on Feb 19, 2017 23:22:55 GMT
I'm curious about the scrapped dark matter / dark energy plotline, but I truly love the synthetic v. organic ending. It's so classic sci-fi; I mean it's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, it's Data and the Doctor from Star Trek, it's a plotline that we keep revisiting because I feel it's something we're intensely concerned about as a society: what does it mean to be human? What makes us special? Can we be replicated? Are we not special at all? And so on. I'm so curious to see what questions ME:A will be asking! I've got a feeling that the strange object that defies logic in the center of the Helios Cluster has something to do with dark energy. In fact the whole Helios Cluster just seems off when you see a map of it in the trailers. How so?
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Post by sereture on Feb 19, 2017 23:23:27 GMT
Okay, I'm crashing. Need sleep. Nighty-night guys! Have some Jaalicious dreams, if you sleep before I see you again!
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Post by Artemis on Feb 19, 2017 23:24:07 GMT
Whoa! Jaal even made it onto my little nerdy YouTube channel I like to watch! (it's a subsidiary of the Young Turks, where I get my news): Of course Prince's comment was mentioned lol! Feel free to bumrush the comments section and tell them you're gonna romance Jaal
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Post by sereture on Feb 19, 2017 23:26:43 GMT
Whoa! Jaal even made it onto my little nerdy YouTube channel I like to watch! (it's a subsidiary of the Young Turks, where I get my news): Of course Prince's comment was mentioned lol! Feel free to bumrush the comments section and tell them you're gonna romance Jaal Ahh! Need to do this! Sleep later! EDIT: I should not comment on Youtube while I'm this tired...
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 19, 2017 23:36:41 GMT
So there's a hell of alot of blue surrounding the object, and there's instances of rocks floating off the ground in the trailers with the same blue fields. All of this is screaming 'biotic' to me, and since biotics is manipulating dark energy to do things like lift things around and defy gravity, I figured dark energy has got to be involved somehow. Biotics is about defying gravity, and dark energy in the real world is the opposing force to gravity, speeding up the expansion of the Universe. I see an object with biotic tendencies and i think dark energy. This is also why I never use Biotics in Mass Effect since every time someone does, its likely they're accelerating the expansion of the Mass Effect Universe, essentially taking part in killing it.
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Post by palinopsia on Feb 19, 2017 23:40:13 GMT
So there's a hell of alot of blue surrounding the object, and there's instances of rocks floating off the ground in the trailers with the same blue fields. All of this is screaming 'biotic' to me, and since biotics is manipulating dark energy to do things like lift things around and defy gravity, I figured dark energy has got to be involved somehow. Biotics is about defying gravity, and dark energy in the real world is the opposing force to gravity, speeding up the expansion of the Universe. I see an object with biotic tendencies and i think dark energy. This is also why I never use Biotics in Mass Effect since every time someone does, its likely they're accelerating the expansion of the Universe, essentially taking part in killing it. I've seen people saying it's a black hole. I personally however don't know shit about space so I couldn't say. Although I have a feeling it's there for more than just aesthetics and ties into the plot somehow. Significantly. You're right about the blue stuff surrounding it as well, whatever it is it doesn't look normal.
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 19, 2017 23:49:11 GMT
I've seen people saying it's a black hole. I personally however don't know shit about space so I couldn't say. Although I have a feeling it's there for more than just aesthetics and ties into the plot somehoew. Significantly. You're right about the blue stuff surrounding it as well, whatever it is it doesn't look normal. If BioWare are being scientific with the way things look in Andromeda it can't be a black hole. A black holes's accretion disc wouldn't be blue, but bright white due to the immense heat produced from the friction of all that material spinning around the black hole. Also you can see some blue in the center of the object but you wouldn't see any blue in the center of a black hole because no light can escape it, hence the name. This object is most likely the real reason the Andromeda Initiative made the trip out there, it holds immense power and this is a power play by the races of the Milky Way.
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Post by Toodles on Feb 20, 2017 0:13:37 GMT
Hey J'all I've been lurking for a while (still am only on page 50...is it wrong that I wanna go through the whole thread?) and decided to hop right in. Hope you guys will welcome me and my newbieness. I dig prince alien cat for...complex reasons. Here's to hoping that he has a curious and playful side reminiscent of his feline looks. Of course right now I don't want to expect too much from him. The last character I jumped into the bandwagon for burned me hard
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 0:14:16 GMT
Whoa! Jaal even made it onto my little nerdy YouTube channel I like to watch! (it's a subsidiary of the Young Turks, where I get my news): Of course Prince's comment was mentioned lol!Feel free to bumrush the comments section and tell them you're gonna romance Jaal Wuut Edit: Ah, yes. The Monocle Rat Lobster comment. That wasn't me, that was our illustrious Solas
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Post by avokinelsam on Feb 20, 2017 0:19:51 GMT
Hey J'all I've been lurking for a while (still am only on page 50...is it wrong that I wanna go through the whole thread?) and decided to hop right in. Hope you guys will welcome me and my newbieness. I dig prince alien cat for...complex reasons. Here's to hoping that he has a curious and playful side reminiscent of his feline looks. Of course right now I don't want to expect too much from him. The last character I jumped into the bandwagon for burned me hard Welcome!
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